Definition of "soldierly"
adjective
comparative more soldierly, superlative most soldierly
Appropriate to, or in the way of, a soldier.
Quotations
People of unalterable ideas still insisted upon calling him "Sergeant" when they met him, which was in some degree owing to his having still retained the well-shaped moustache of his military days, and the soldierly bearing inseparable from his form.
1874, Thomas Hardy, “Coming Home—A Cry”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], pages 99–100
adverb
comparative more soldierly, superlative most soldierly